Good customer care service: Whogohost offers a live chat system where you can have a live-chat with one of their staffs when you have any problems or face technical issues with your website. This means you’ll always have answers to your questions within minutes.

Affordability: Despite all the great value it provides, Whogohost is one of the most affordable hosting providers you can find around in Nigeria. Their web hosting charges starts from N400 per month. That’s quite cheap compared to the amazing values, features and benefits you’ll enjoy. Frankly, most Nigerian web host don’t come this cheap.

30 days money back guarantee: Because of the quality of services they offer, they offer a 30 days money back guarantee. This shows that they are confident of their services – so, if within 30 days you discover their services don’t meet your demand, you can ask for a refund. You got nothing to lose!

Free domain name: Other web hosts register a domain name for about $15 but Whogohost gives you for FREE for life as far as you keep your hosting account with them. Can you beat that?

So, when you’ve decided the domain name you intend to register. Just follow the following steps to set up your blog:

Important Note:“Please make sure you’re using a PC. You can’t do this on your mobile phone as it creates problems during sign up”

Step 1: Go to Whogohost Official Website (this link gives you a 25% discount) to Buy a Webhosting Account and Get a Free Domain Name Registration

Visit Whogohost official site (the link opens on a new tab so you won’t lose this tutorial and gives you a 25% discount)

Click on “Hosting” and then choose “Shared Hosting” from the drop down.

Please Note: The free domain name registration offer is only for .com.ng, .org.ng and name.ng domain names but if you need the .com domain, you’ve to choose the PRO, PRO PLUS or GIANT hosting plan and you’ll get the .com domain registration free for life.

Please Note: The free domain name registration offer is only for .com.ng, .org.ng and name.ng domain names but if you need the .com domain, you’ve to choose the PRO, PRO PLUS or GIANT hosting plan and you’ll get the .com domain registration free for life.

Please Note: This hosting plan gives you a free .COM domain name registration for life, so if you want a .COM domain name for your blog, this is the perfect plan for you.

Just click on “Order Now” under the hosting plan of your choice.

On the next page, enter the domain name of your choice (For example Healthbox.com.ng) and click on “Check”. If it’s available, it’ll be displayed and if it has already been registered, choose another one. Just scroll down and click on “Continue” when you’re done.

On the next page, a summary of your web hosting plan and charge will be displayed (see image below)

Just click on “Continue”.

On the next page, the summary of your overall order and amount you’ll be charged will be displayed.

On the next page, the 25% discount coupon code will be automatically applied on your charge. (Just like you can see in the image below)

Click on “Check out”

When the next page loads, fill in your personal information, billing address, account security and other details. When filling your details, note the following important points:

Choose a phone number that you’re currently using, you’ll need to do some verification.

Choose an email address that you frequently check and have access to. This is where your hosting login details will be sent to.

Choose a very strong password for your hosting account. (The password strength bar should show green and say: Strong!)

You can choose any preferred payment of your choice: Bank Payment Details, Paypal, Quickteller and CashEnvoy. If you have a MasterCard, I recommend you choose Quickteller so you can make payment with ease without going through the hectic process of going to the bank to pay.

When you’ve finished filling the details using the guidelines from the image above; click on “Complete Order”.

If you chose Quickteller (which is what I recommend) as your payment option, the next page will look like this:

Just click on the button: “Pay with Quickteller”.

You’ll be taken to secure page where you can enter your credit card details like the image below:

On the page, choose “MasterCard Naira Card” from the drop down

Then enter your card number. This is the 16 digit numbers displayed on the front of your card.

Enter the expiry date of your card and CVV2 code. Your CVV2 is the 3 digit number displayed at the back of your card.

Enter your Card pin and click on Pay.

A security code will be sent to your phone number from your bank. Enter the code on the next page and click on “Continue”.

Within few minutes, the payment process will be complete and your invoice would show your order has been paid for (see image below)

“If you encounter any problem here, just give me a call on +2348039185233 or leave a comment on this post or use the contact page to get in touch with me and I will be more than willing to help you out.”

Please Note: Whogohost will send you an email containing your hosting details and your username and password. You’ll need this when logging into your control panel, so keep it safe.

Step 2: Install WordPress on Your Domain

The next step is to install the WordPress content management system on your domain. This will enable you write on your blog. Let’s get started:

Visit yourdomain/cpanel. (Replace “yourdomain with the domain name you registered)

Enter your username and password which was sent to you by Whogohost and you’ll be directed to your control panel where you can install the WordPress content management system.

Scroll down and locate the “Softaculous Apps Installer” and click on WordPress.

On the next page, click on “Install” and wait for few minutes for installation process to start.

When it completes, you’ll taken to a page that looks like this image below:

Here’s how I recommend you fill the details in the specific field:

Software Setup

The protocol box should be http://

The domain box should be your domain name.

The directory box should be left empty.

Site Settings

Fill your site name and site description.

Uncheck “Enable Multiple (WPMU).

Admin Account

Fill your Admin Username and Admin Password. This will be the details you’ll need to enter to log in to your WordPress Admin dashboard to write blog posts and make other necessary changes to your blog, so keep it safe. When choosing your Admin Email make sure it’s an email address you check frequently.

Check the LimitLogin Attempt (Loginizer) box. This helps to protect your site against brute force attacks by limiting the number of login attempts for your WordPress installation. If selected Loginizer plugin will be installed and activated with your installation.

Important Note: Do not choose “admin” or your domain name as your admin username because this is what hackers first try out when they intend to use brute-force to log into your website. Also, make sure your Admin Password is very strong.

Advanced Options

Click on it and fill the details as follows:

Check the Update Notification box. This will ensure you receive email notifications whenever there is an update for the installation.

Check the Auto Upgrade. This will ensure that this installation will be automatically upgraded to the latest version when a new one is available.

Check Auto Update Plugins. This will ensure all the active WordPress plugins installed for this installation will automatically upgraded to the latest version when they are available.

Check Auto Upgrade WordPress themes. This will ensure all the active wordpress themes for this installation will be automatically upgraded to the latest version when they are available.

Check Automated Backups. This will ensure Softaculous will take automated back ups via CRON as per frequency you select.

Choose 4 for Backup Rotation. If the backup rotation limit is reached, Softaculous will delete the oldest backup. The back ups will utilize your space so choose the backup rotation as per the space available on your server.

Then choose any theme of your choice and finally click on “Install”.

When the installation process complete, the next page should look like this:

Thanks for your quick response to my question on Bloggers Lab. WordPress had earlier released recommended hosts like the bluehost. How competitive and save is Whogohost? Will I be able make money on my site when using this host?

Bluehost is not a good host, Sunday. It’s one of the host owned by the EIG’s, so stay clear from them as they suck big time. Whogohost is one of the best web host you can find in Nigeria.

I understand your fears about Whogohost but be rest assured that your website will be in save hands. I was once skeptical about Nigerians web host and didn’t recommend them to my readers but after running a poll on Nairaland (the biggest forum in Nigeria) which hit the frontpage: I got lots of awesome feedback from bloggers using their service and I was really impressed. You can read the thread here

So: yes, it’s a good web host and you can make money from your site using them just follow the tutorial in the post.

Kelvin, you can create any type of WordPress and the themes for any kind of site is available. It’s good you intend to start a website of your own to generate income for yourself. That’s awesome. I did check out the site but it wasn’t built on WordPress. However, I can help you create a similar one on WordPress if you want: call 08039185233 or use the contact form to get full details of how much it’ll cost you.

Absolutely, Sandra. I’ve been very skeptical about Nigerian host but when I did a poll on Nairaland, which is the biggest forum in Nigeria, I discovered that bloggers have been using Whogohost and found their services really valuable and when I tried it out with one of my client’s site: they offered an excellent service and their customer support was awesome

And I’m yet to still experience any issue with them. If you have used them before, I would love you to share your experience here on this blog as a guest post for others to learn about it.

Yes, Whogohost offers free SSL certificate for life when you buy any web hosting plan with them using the link on this post. It comes preloaded in your account, all you just need to do is activate it or chat with one of their customer support to help you do it, It’s very easy.

Oha, yes it would work perfectly. But your first step would be to buy a web hosting account with Whogohost using the tutorial in this post and then point the nameserver to Domainking which is a very easy process if you follow the step by step prompt on the site.

Then, you can now install WordPress on your domain name and import all your blog posts, images, files …from your old blogger blog to your new WordPress blog. Hope you got it?

If you still have any questions, feel free to call/whatsapp me: 08039185233 or use the contact page.

Yes, when you first buy a web hosting account with Whogohost, they display a default page for your site that it’s under construction which you have to remove by contacting their support. They have a live chat support on their website. Happy blogging!